Several weeks ago I was standing at a checkout at a busy convenience store along our four-lane in town. I glanced to my right and sitting on the newspaper rack, I noticed the store had started to carry an international or fancy national paper.

Much to my surprise, upon closer inspection, I found that the paper was our local LaFollette Press. The look and lay out were attractive and well presented.

Several weeks ago I was standing at a checkout at a busy convenience store along our four-lane in town. I glanced to my right and sitting on the newspaper rack, I noticed the store had started to carry an international or fancy national paper.

Much to my surprise, upon closer inspection, I found that the paper was our local LaFollette Press. The look and lay out were attractive and well presented.

I’d like to express appreciation to Tom Hatmaker, LaFollette Tree Service for his help. This past week he removed and replaced a damaged and badly soiled U.S. flag at the Shell service station on the four-lane in Jacksboro, just west of LaFollette’s city limits. For some time the flag had been dangling by a single connection on a really tall flag pole in front of the station. In a recent conversation with the business owners, they remarked that they had no idea of who to contact to remove the flag.

We want to thank everyone that was watching the David Russell Heart Transplant Telethon on March 9, on WLAF Channel 12 and those who called in your pledges. We couldn’t have had a successful telethon without you all. We will use the money to pay for things that insurance doesn’t. We want to thank WLAF Channel 12 for the use of your facilities and to Josh and Jason.

The Campbell County Historical Society is a non-profit, tax exempt, IRC 501(c)(3) organization. By law, we are required to be neutral on issues, neither promoting nor lobbying against the beliefs, statements or campaigns of others. Our mission is to service the public and our members in Campbell County or country-wide relative to historical information and artifacts.

My daughter is one of the volunteer leaders who was mentioned in the article about the women’s jail ministry. Therefore, I have had the opportunity to visit this jail ministry first hand. By the grace of God, I have never had to face what a lot of these women are facing. Rightly so, they are paying for crimes they have committed, however, they are more than inmates serving time. Above all else they are children of God just like you and I.

As parents, we should be providing as many opportunities for our children as possible. Whether it is academics, athletics or social clubs, any extracurricular activities make for a more disciplined and well-rounded child. We know that it improves their self-esteem, physical fitness and contributes overall to a better community. When children are busy with other activities, they are less likely to get into trouble.